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Research has shown that once a person believes in a particular aspect of their identity, they are more likely to act in alignment with that belief.

James Clear

Redesign your life so the actions that matter most are also the actions that are easiest to do.
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Action Design Easy Life Yourself
A genius is not born, but is educated and trained.
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Born Education Genius Training
You need to know who you want to be.
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Identity Personality Yourself
As a general rule, the more immediate pleasure you get from an action, the more strongly you should question whether it aligns with your long-term goals.
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Action Goal Happiness Rule Strong Yourself
How can I make it obvious? How can I make it attractive? How can I make it easy? How can I make it satisfying?
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Attraction Easy Myself Satisfaction Work
Being motivated and curious counts for more than being smart because it leads to action.
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Action Count Leadership Motivational Smart
When preparation becomes a form of procrastination, you need to change something. You don’t want to merely be planning. You want to be practicing.
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Change Form Practice Preparation Yourself
You do it because it’s who you are and it feels good to be you. The more a habit becomes part of your life, the less you need outside encouragement to follow through.
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Encouragement Feeling Habit Need Yourself
A very small shift in direction can lead to a very meaningful change in destination.
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Change Destination Direction Leadership Meaningful Small
The problem with a goals-first mentality is that you’re continually putting happiness off until the next milestone.
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Goal Happiness Mentality Problem Yourself
Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.
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Enemy Friendship Goodness Habit Time Yourself
People get so caught up in the fact that they have limits that they rarely exert the effort required to get close to them.
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Close Effort Limitation People Rare
With outcome-based habits, the focus is on what you want to achieve. With identity-based habits, the focus is on who you wish to become.
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Achievement Focus Habit Identity Result
Habits reduce cognitive load and free up mental capacity, so you can allocate your attention to other tasks.
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Attention Freedom Habit Load Mental Work Yourself
True long-term thinking is goal-less thinking. It’s not about any single accomplishment. It is about the cycle of endless refinement and continuous improvement.
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Accomplishment End Goal Improvement Thinking True
Your behaviors are usually a reflection of your identity.
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Identity Reflection Yourself

Research has shown that once a person believes in a particular aspect of their identity, they are more likely to act in alignment with that belief.

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Research has shown that once a person believes in a particular aspect of their identity, they are more likely to act in alignment with that belief.

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